Frying-pan.



PATENTED FEB. 24, 190 3.

A. ANDERSON.

FRYING PAN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3, 1902.

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UNi'Tnfi STnrns' PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED ANDERSON, vO FNFRAZEE, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO THOS. J. ALLEN ANDF. RICK, OF FRAZEE, MINNESOTA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part dfliLetters Patent at. 721,491, datedFebruary 24, 1903.

Application filed JuI yS, 1902. Serial No. 114,247. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ALFRED ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Frazee, in the county of Becker and State ofMinnesota, haveinvented certain new andiuseful Improvements in Frying-Pans; and Idodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to frying-pans, and more particularly to pansdesigned for the frying of doughnuts. V

The object of the invention is to provide a pan of this character withmeans whereby the doughnuts after browning upon one side may be allsimultaneously turned and deposited into the boiling grease, thusavoiding the necessity of independently turning them and preventinginjury to the hands by'the splashing of the grease.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointedout in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view ofmyimproved pan when in position for use. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalView illustrating both trays in an elevated position. Fig. 3 is asimilar view taken at right angles to Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view of one of the rotary heads.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the body of the pan, which may beof any well known or approved construction and which is preferablyformed at diametrically opposite points in its circumference withgrooves2, which extend from the upper edge of the pan to a point a slightdistance above the bottom thereof.

3 denotes standards which project upwardly from the-sides of the pan atpoints adjacent to the grooves and are provided at their upper ends withjournal-bearings 4 and with guide-arms 5. Each standard is preferablymade of a bar of iron bent to form the journal-bearings 4: and is so.represented in the drawings.

with a handle 15.

6 denotes rotary heads journaled in the bearings 4 and each preferablyconsisting of a disk the periphery of which is grooved, as shown at 7,to engage the journal-bearing and is provided with notches 8 atdiametrically opposite points for a purpose hereinafter to be described.

9 and 10 denote the trays, which preferably consist each of a circularframe 11, to which is secured a screen 12. A rod 13 is secured to eachtray and is provided with crank ends 14, 'a crank end of each rod beingprovided One side of each tray for about halfof its circumferenceisprovided with guards 16 in the form of fingers. When the two trays arebrought together or are in that position shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings,

the guards of one tray and the guards of the other tray will produce acircular guard, so that in the swinging of the trays none of thedoughnuts will fall from between the edges thereof.

The operation is as follows: Assuming the parts to be in the positionshown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, in which position it will be presumedthat the doughnuts are cooking in the pan, after the doughnuts have beenbrowned upon one side the lowermost tray is elevated, thus elevating thedoughnuts. The cranks of the lower tray are now engaged with thelowermost notches of the rotary heads, and when both handles of thetrays are in such position as to'be grasped said trays are turned,whereby the lowermost tray becomes the uppermost andthe' doughnutssupported thereby are deposited upon the other tray, which is now letdow'ninto the grease in the pan, so that the opposite sides of thedoughnuts may be browned. The trays may be turned in either direction,and the guard-fingers thereof will prevent the doughnuts from slipping0d the trays when they are being turned. After the doughnuts ha've beenbrowned on both sides the submerged'tray is elevated and withdrawn fromthe'pa'n and the doughnuts allowedto'drain, after which they may be slidoff of the unobstructedside of the tray or that side not provided withguards. As soon as this tray has been removed from the pan another trayfreshly charged with doughnuts may be inserted in the pan and theoperation repeated, so that no time is lost while the thoroughly-cookeddoughnuts are being drained.

A very important feature of the invention is that the doughnuts may besimultaneously turned, so that all the doughnuts will be uniformlycooked upon one side, which would not be the case were each doughnutindividually turned, as is now the custom, for the reason that the lastone reached in being turned would naturally be cooked to a greaterextent than the first one.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, andadvantages of the invention will be readily understood without requiringan extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and details of constructionmaybe made within the scope of the invention without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a pan provided with journal-bearings, headsmounted to turn in said bearings, and independently-removable traysadapted to be moved toward each other to engage said heads and to berotated with the same to reverse their positions, substantially as setforth.

2. The combination of a pan, standards secured thereto and provided withjournalbearings, rotary heads journaled in said bearings and providedwith notches in their peripheries, trays having crank-arms adapted toengage said notches and be rotated with the heads to reverse theirpositions, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a pan and standards projecting upwardlytherefrom and attached thereto, of journal-bearings provided at theupper ends of said standards and terminating in guide-arms,circumferentiallygrooved heads mounted to rotate in said bearings andprovided in their peripheries with diametrically opposite notches, andtrays having cranks which are adapted to engage said notches and rotatewith the heads,whereby the position of the trays may be reversed,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ALFRED ANDERSON. Witnesses:

CHAS. II. BLANDING, O. P. MORTON.

